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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:200;left:295">The Net Tender</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:289;left:295">Newsletter of St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:328;left:679">February 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:382;left:288"><B>RECTOR’S REFLECTION </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:423;left:288">We used to watch the tourists get off the cruise ships in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:444;left:288">Ketchikan, Alaska.  We marveled that these ancient travel-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:464;left:288">ers could still make their way to the buses, in and out of the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:485;left:288">gift shops, and back to the ships.  We also thought it sad </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:506;left:288">that they had waited so long to take what most of them</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:526;left:288">claimed to be a dream trip.  Why did they wait until a point </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:547;left:288">in their lives when they could no longer get around well </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:568;left:288">enough to really enjoy the amazing places they would see </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:589;left:288">on their tours? For many of them, it was a matter of wait-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:609;left:288">ing until they had the time and money to spend.   We never </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:630;left:288">really made any connection between these elder tourists and our own lives. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:672;left:288">Things change.  I’ve noticed that there’s a whole lot more salt than pepper in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:693;left:288">my beard than there was only a short time ago.  These days, I’m a whole lot </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:713;left:288">more careful when I cross an icy patch in the driveway.  I don’t consider  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:734;left:288">myself old yet, but I’m beginning to realize that I’m headed in that direction.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:755;left:288">Which brings me to a conversation I had with my father-in-law a while ago: </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:794;left:58">Now in his late seventies, Mel is dealing with half a dozen health issues that have presented themselves over </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:815;left:58">the past two or three years. Some are simply annoying. Others are life-threatening.   It turns out that the guy I </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:836;left:58">thought would be around forever is a mortal after all.  We were talking about the fragility of life and the way </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:856;left:58">our lives can change overnight when my friend offered this advice: “If there’s anything you want to do, any </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:877;left:58">place you want to go, do it now while you can still get out of the chair.” </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:898;left:58">It took a while, but Pamela and I finally understand what her Dad is talking about.  We’re going to heed his </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:919;left:58">advice.  We’ve talked about moving to Hawaii for years. We lived there during the early 80’s as graduate  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:939;left:58">students. We loved the climate, the people, and the pace of life.   When I learned that Kealakekua was search-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:960;left:58">ing for a new Rector, I sent my application.   Not long ago, the Senior Warden at Christ Church called to tell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:981;left:58">me that I had been selected.  After a lot of prayer, a conversation with Bishop Lane, and a long conversation </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1001;left:58">with Pamela, I have decided to accept the call. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1036;left:58">Our three years at St. Andrew and St. John have been wonderful. There have been so many joys and so few </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1057;left:58">disappointments for us.  We will always treasure the friends we have made in this community.  But it’s time</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1077;left:58">to move on.  Please know that our thoughts and prayers will be with you all in the days and months to come.   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1098;left:58">May Christ continue to find a dwelling place in all your hearts! </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1119;left:58">Aloha, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1139;left:58">Richard+</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:58">For Christmas Ann Kidder, (my wife and your former </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:58">Rector), gave me as Christmas presents two collec-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1504;left:58">tions of stories by Stewart McLean, the host of the   </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:58">Canadian variety show “The Vinyl Café,” and Hans </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:58">Davidson’s recording of the complete organ works of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1566;left:58">Buxtehude.  Ann discovered McLean’s radio show </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1587;left:58">driving home Sunday afternoons after leading services </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1607;left:58">at St. Margaret’s Belfast; it is on Maine Public Radio </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1628;left:58">on Sundays at 2 PM. She told us that sometimes </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:58">McLean’s weekly story would be so funny she would </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:58">have to pull off to the side of the road. This past month </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:58">all four of us have been taking turns reading these  sto-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1711;left:58">ries to each other over dinner. Reading to each other at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:58">meals may have become a new family tradition. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1772;left:58">Last night, after the Sunday service led by Bishop </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1792;left:58">Lane and the Annual Meeting, we read McLean’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1813;left:58">story “Christmas Presents.” Early autumn one year, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1834;left:58">Morley, wife or mother to the other characters, sug-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1854;left:58">gests that each family member make a Christmas pre-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1875;left:58">sent for one other member, rather than patrolling the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1896;left:58">aisles of Walmart or ToysRus for plastic detritus.</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1916;left:58">After considerable resistance, they draw names and set </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1937;left:58">to work. Needless to say, the presents are nothing like </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1958;left:58">what their creators expected. The surprises come not </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1979;left:58">simply in the gift themselves, but just as much or more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1999;left:58">in the challenges of choosing and then making the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2020;left:58">gifts. Problems with process lead to very peculiar and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2041;left:58">surprising products. And the surprises truly are won-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2061;left:58">drous in a way only McLean or Garrison Keillor could </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2082;left:58">describe. I cannot say more without spoiling it; please </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2103;left:58">ask for a copy. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2134;left:58">The story provides a splendid reflection on Vesta </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2154;left:58">Kowalski’s remarkable sermon yesterday and the par-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2175;left:58">ish events of the past two weeks. First we never know </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2196;left:58">what is going to result from our efforts, but that cannot </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2217;left:58">stop us from making that effort. Second, God’s plan is </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2237;left:58">probably different from what we have in mind: more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2258;left:58">generous, more capacious, and more catholic. Finally, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2279;left:58">if we are patient and listen to God and each other, as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2299;left:58">Morley’s family is with her crazy ideas and you have </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2320;left:58">been with me, Chloe and the vestry, we really will be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2341;left:58">the community God calls us to be. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2372;left:58">Many of you yesterday heard the Bishop describe the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2392;left:58">role of the Warden. Some of that was news to me.  I </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2413;left:58">had not focused on the centrality of the role or fully </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2434;left:58">come to grips with the dimensions of the Warden’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2455;left:58">responsibilities, as he sees them. So that was yester-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1462;left:463">day’s surprising gift to me. Please do call Ann Cox </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1483;left:463">Halkett or me with your concerns and ideas, especially </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1504;left:463">in this time of transition.  I make no promises that we </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1525;left:463">can resolve them, but we cannot help if we do not </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1545;left:463">know of them. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1576;left:463">Finally, I am realizing how very dull the life would be </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1597;left:463">without the unexpected twists that we encounter     </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1618;left:463">together. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1649;left:463">With my thanks for your presence at St. Andrew and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1669;left:463">St. John,  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1690;left:463">Ted Fletcher </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1421;left:58"><B>SENIOR WARDEN’S SURPRISING GIFTS </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1732;left:463"><B>RECEPTION SET </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1763;left:463"><B>FOR FR. RICHARD  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1793;left:463"><B>AND PAMELA</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1825;left:463">Fr. Richard Tardiff announced on  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1845;left:463">Sunday, January 24</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1845;left:618">that he had  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1866;left:463">accepted a call as Rector of Christ Church in Kealake-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1887;left:463">kua, Hawaii. The Vestry met January 27</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1887;left:768">to accept the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1907;left:463">resignation of Richard Tardiff as Rector of the Parish </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1928;left:463">of St. Andrew &amp; St. John effective February 21, 2010.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1969;left:463">During his three and half years at St. Andrew &amp; St. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:1990;left:463">John, Fr. Tardiff developed a significant ministry with </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2011;left:463">the elderly and destitute here in Hancock County. His </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2031;left:463">commitment to serving the hungry and those in need </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2052;left:463">stands as testament to his encouragement to us all to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2073;left:463">live the Gospel in this community. The Westside Food </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2094;left:463">Pantry, an outreach ministry of this Parish, has more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2114;left:463">than doubled the number of people served during his </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2135;left:463">time here. Fr. Richard and Pamela also served as     </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2156;left:463">Co-Chairs of the Diocese’s Committee on Indian    </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2176;left:463">Relations, bringing a significantly greater profile to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2197;left:463">challenges facing Maine’s four Native American </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2218;left:463">tribes. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2259;left:463">Join us after the 10:00 a.m. service on February 21</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2257;left:829">st </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2259;left:840">as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2280;left:463">we present them with a gift from the parish and to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2301;left:463">celebrate their ministry here. You are invited to con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2321;left:463">tribute to that gift through a designated contribution </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2342;left:463">marked “Tardiff Gift.” </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2609;left:58"><B>WESTSIDE FOOD PANTRY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2650;left:58">The Westside Food Pantry completed the first half of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2670;left:58">the season at the end of January.  We have added 35 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2691;left:58">new clients this season and issued $36,310 in vouchers </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2712;left:58">thus far ($68,450 was the total for all of the 2008-09 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2732;left:58">season). </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2774;left:58">We continue to work with the Bar Harbor Congrega-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2795;left:58">tional Church to provide Thanksgiving Dinners to our </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2815;left:58">clients (94 dinners this year).  The Southwest Harbor </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2836;left:58">Police, Southwest Food Mart, and the MDI Lions Club </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2857;left:58">made it possible for us to provide 115 Christmas Din-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2877;left:58">ners.  The First National Bank once again provided a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2898;left:58">home for the Angel Tree to collect gifts for children at </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2919;left:58">Christmas.  The overwhelming support from the com-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2939;left:58">munity makes all of this possible. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2981;left:58">Once again the Westside Food Pantry will participate </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3002;left:58">in the Feinstein Challenge Grant.  From March 1st to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3022;left:58">April 30th we can apply all monetary donations  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3043;left:58">toward this grant which will in turn match a percent-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3064;left:58">age of these funds.  This is a great opportunity to get </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3084;left:58">an extra “Bang for your Buck” with any donation  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3105;left:58">received. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3125;left:58">Barbara Campbell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3147;left:58">Chair  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3014;left:477"><B>STEWARDSHIP </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3046;left:477">Our stewardship effort, conducted in the Fall of </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3066;left:477">2009, raised $96,000, approximately $10,000 less </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3087;left:477">than the previous year. Additional pledges still com-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3108;left:477">ing in will be counted toward 2010 income.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3149;left:477">Overall, our members maintained, and in some </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3170;left:477">cases, increased, their generous support of Saint An-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3191;left:477">drew and Saint John, despite the challenging econ-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3211;left:477">omy and issues within our own parish. For that, we </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3232;left:477">are deeply grateful. The shortfall may be attributed </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3253;left:477">to a fewer number of pledges received. However, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3273;left:477">there were also pledges received from families that </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3294;left:477">did not pledge the year before. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3335;left:477">The Finance Committee will be carefully monitoring </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3356;left:477">the status of the 2010 pledge income and will keep </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3377;left:477">the parish informed. As always, payment on pledges </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3398;left:477">made in 2008 was made very faithfully. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3439;left:477">The Stewardship Committee consisted of Father </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3460;left:477">Richard Tardiff, Ted Bromage, Sarah Flynn, Rod </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3480;left:477">Lucas, and Michele Daley. My thanks to them and to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3501;left:477">Joan Bromage and Jim Vekasi for their help, as well.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3522;left:477">And we all thank those members who stood up in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3542;left:477">Sunday services to share with the parish their feel-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3563;left:477">ings about the meaning of stewardship. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3583;left:477">Patsy Fogarty  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3190;left:59"><B>COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3220;left:85">I was born in the house I am living in and was the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3240;left:85">baby in my family. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3261;left:85">Milk was delivered to a dairy on my SWH street </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3282;left:85">when I was a girl. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3303;left:85">I was baptized and confirmed at St. John’s. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3323;left:85">The baptism dress that I wore was also worn by </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3344;left:85">Elwell Trundy who owned a grocery store where </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3365;left:85">Sips currently stands. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3385;left:85">My children were baptized at MDI churches and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3406;left:85">wore that very dress. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3427;left:85">Five of my six grandchildren live on MDI and the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3447;left:85">sixth lives in Hancock. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3468;left:85">I went to nursing school three times (LPN, RN, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3489;left:85">BSN). </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3510;left:85">I love camping and particularly liked an Oceanside </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3530;left:85">campground in Steuben.  The birding was phe-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3551;left:85">nomenal.  Camping at Isle au  Haut was special. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3572;left:85">I go on a yearly pilgrimage to Monhegan Island. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3592;left:85">My dream trip was to Grand Canyon in 2007. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3612;left:180"><B>Who Am I? </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2907;left:477">A special thanks to Bishop Steven Lane and Canon </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2928;left:477">Vicki Weiderkehr for joining us on January 31</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2928;left:826">for</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2948;left:477">mass and our Annual Meeting.  Their blessings and </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:2969;left:477">words of encouragement were much appreciated.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3797;left:58"><B>ANNUAL MEETING—</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3828;left:58"><B>JANUARY 31</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3830;left:239"><B>ST </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3859;left:58">A soup lunch was served upstairs in the church on Sunday, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3880;left:58">January 31</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3880;left:149">during the annual meeting.  Seventeen  men </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3901;left:58">and women helped in preparing the delicious breads, des-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3921;left:58">serts, cheese and soup.  Thank you for feeding our bodies </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3942;left:58">and souls during the meeting. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:3973;left:58">Annual Reports are available at the church. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4068;left:58">A great deal of appreciation is extended to our outgoing vestry.  Thank-you Chloe Hatcher (Junior Warden); </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4089;left:58">Ken Cochrane, Patsy Fogarty, Ann Cox Halkett, Joe Wright (year-round); Rod Lucas and Neela Zinsser </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4109;left:58">(seasonal) for serving on the Vestry.  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4130;left:58">Welcome to new officers [pictured below]; continuing officers (Ida Smallidge, Gus Carreno, B. J. Fallica, Jim</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4151;left:58">Vekasi);  Jim Vekasi (treasurer), Spencer Ervin (asst. treasurer); Rita Redfield, Joe Wright (delegates to con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4171;left:58">vention); Ken Cochrane and Jean Rohrer (alternate delegates). We appreciate your willingness to serve  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4192;left:58">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Church.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4409;left:175"><B>Junior Warden</B>—Ann Cox Halkett </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4503;left:144"><B>Vestry</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4520;left:112"><I>term ending 2011 </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4624;left:305">Floy Ervin </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4624;left:523">Mary Mitchell</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4834;left:222">Barbara Campbell </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4834;left:426">Chloe Hatcher </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4834;left:606">Dianne McMullan </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4719;left:99"><B>Vestry</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4736;left:68"><I>term ending 2013 </I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4027;left:58"><B>NEW OFFICERS ELECTED </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4412;left:591"><B>Clerk</B>—Patsy Fogarty </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:4989;left:180"><B>WORSHIP SCHEDULE FOR FEBRUARY </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5020;left:350"><B>Sundays, February 7, 14</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5044;left:361">10:00—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5069;left:344"><B>Sundays, February 21, 28</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5092;left:302">8:00 and 10:00 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5117;left:301"><B>Wednesdays, February 3, 10, 17, 24</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5141;left:346">9:30 a.m.—Holy Eucharist </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5165;left:327"><B>Ash Wednesday, February 17 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5189;left:369">Distribution of Ashes </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5213;left:359">9:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5257;left:334"><B>Scripture Lessons </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5289;left:367"><B>Epiphany 5, February 7 </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5309;left:200">Psalm 138; Isaiah 6:1-13; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5334;left:272"><B>Last Sunday after Epiphany, February 14 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5358;left:180">Psalm 99, Exodus 34:29-35; 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2; Luke 9:28-43 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5382;left:327"><B>Ash Wednesday, February 17 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5406;left:140">Psalm 103; Isaiah 58:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:20b-6:10; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5430;left:369"><B>Lent 1, February 21 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5454;left:143">Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Romans 10:8b-13; Luke 4:1-13 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5479;left:369"><B>Lent 2, February 28 </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5503;left:158">Psalm 27; Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 13:31-35 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5547;left:262"><B>Sunday Forums at 9:00 a.m. </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5578;left:205"><B>February 7—</B>Ted Fletcher and Friends, <I>Your Vestry at Work </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5602;left:249"><B>February 14<I>—</I></B>Floy Ervin<I>, Moses and God’s Law </I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5626;left:142"><B>February 21</B>—Richard Killmer, <I>Opposing Torture Always and Everywhere</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5651;left:180"><B>February 28</B>—Ann Kidder, <I>How to See and Hear God Every Day</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5675;left:201"><B>March 7</B>—George Swanson, <I>Ending Torture in U. S. Prisons</I></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5699;left:198"><B>March 14</B>—Eric Erickson, <I>Gnosticism and Early Christianity</I></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5768;left:58"><B>THE LIGHTER SIDE…. </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5800;left:58">More church bulletin slip-ups: </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5830;left:85">Smile at someone who is hard to love.  Say “hell” to someone who doesn’t care much about you. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5852;left:85">For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5874;left:85">Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5896;left:85">Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10.  All ladies are invited to lunch in the Fellowship </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5917;left:85">Hall after the B.S. is done. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5939;left:85">The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday: “I Upped My </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5960;left:85">Pledge – Up Yours”. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:5982;left:85">Weight Watchers will meet at 7pm at the First Presbyterian Church.  Please use large double door at the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6003;left:85">side entrance. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6228;left:120">Birthdays </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6280;left:159"><B>FEBRUARY </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6301;left:127"><B>3 — Michael Shook </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6322;left:131"><B>5 — Sally Hopkins </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6342;left:114"><B>7 — Andrew McMullan </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6363;left:131"><B>11 — Ella Jackson </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6384;left:122"><B>12 —  Serena Young </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6404;left:131"><B>17 — Patti Murphy</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6425;left:115"><B>23 — Wesley DeCamp</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7200;left:706">Edie Stanwood </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6902;left:668"><B>WHO AM I? </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6173;left:382"><B>INVISIBLE </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6205;left:382">The Native American people of Maine are invisible. To most </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6225;left:382">whites they do not exist, and many who do know of the Indians’ </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6246;left:382">presence are ignorant of both their history and their present cir-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6267;left:382">cumstances. St. John’s has acquired the CD “Invisible” which </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6287;left:382">examines some of the history of the relations between the white </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6308;left:382">and Indian communities in Maine. Through individual voices, it </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6329;left:382">looks at underlying reasons for the racism so deeply embedded in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6350;left:382">white American culture and how that racism continues to shape </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6370;left:382">Native American reality today. It then asks how we can begin to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6391;left:382">change our own racism and confront the invisible racism that un-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6412;left:382">derlies much of white American society today. The film is a pro-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6432;left:382">duction of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine and Acadia Film</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6453;left:382">Video. You are invited to borrow the CD, which is located on the </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6474;left:382">bookshelf in the Undercroft.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7105;left:58"><B>IT’S ON THE CALENDAR!!  SAVE THE DATE!!!  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7132;left:58"><B>“Come Home For Supper” — Friday, March 5</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7133;left:611"><B>th </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7160;left:58">We hope lots of you can come!  Sign up in the undercroft. Please give Ida Smal-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7181;left:58">lidge (244-7266) Rita Redfield &amp; Ken Cochrane (244-4025), or Joan Bromage </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7201;left:58">(244-3227) a call if you’ll be able to host.  Many thanks. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6902;left:58"><B>ANOTHER small WAY TO SUPPORT  </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6933;left:58"><B>EPISCOPAL RELIEF &amp; DEVELOPMENT </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6964;left:58">Reminder – we have delicious Bishop’s Blend Coffee for sale plus a few varie-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6985;left:58">ties of tea. They are in the basket by the undercroft door, with an envelope for </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7006;left:58">your payment, in cash or by check payable to the church.  The parish as well as </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7026;left:58">ERD receives a small profit on each purchase. This coffee is grown sustainably </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7047;left:58">and it makes a great gift and goes well at home with a warm fire and a good </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7068;left:58">book.   Questions or requests?? Call Joan B. (244-3227). </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6504;left:58"><B>ERD AIDS HAITIANS Devastated by the Earthquake </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6545;left:58">In the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, Episcopal Relief &amp; Development </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6566;left:58">is offering technical support and funds to help secure critical sup-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6587;left:58">plies for those in need. In the aftermath of the earthquake, activities </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6607;left:58">supported by ERD include: </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6627;left:58">•  Supplying over five tons of food to survivors living in diocesan </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6650;left:78">camps. This includes both purchased and donated food. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6676;left:58">•  Delivering food by helicopter to six camps not accessible by vehicles. These camps are inhabited by more </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6699;left:78">than 15,000 survivors. Each drop contains 216 pounds of rice, 204 pounds of beans, 12 gallons of oil and 36 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6720;left:78">kilograms milk powder. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6740;left:58">•  Constructing permanent latrines and clean water sites in eight camps. These new facilities will be earth-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6762;left:78">quake-resistant. In addition to providing sanitation and clean water, the construction is creating jobs in    </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6783;left:78">affected communities. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6803;left:58">•  Working closely with the Diocesan Disaster Council, which has been charged by Bishop Duracin to coordi-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6826;left:78">nate the earthquake response and long-term recovery plans. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6846;left:58">If you wish to donate to ERD, make checks payable to Episcopal Relief &amp; Development and mail to: PO Box </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:6867;left:58">7058, Marrifield, VA 22116-7058. For updates, visit <FONT color="#3748a4" face="Times"><A href="http://www.er-d.org/" target="_blank">www.er-d.org</A></FONT>.  </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8425;left:455">7 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7361;left:58"><B>TREASURER’S REPORT  </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7393;left:63">As reported in the 2009 annual report, we  experienced an operating budget deficit of $4,311 in </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7413;left:58">2009. Total 2009 income was $158,679, $23,668 less than budgeted. Income for most budget items</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7434;left:58">did not meet the budgeted level. Of particular concern was pledge income which lagged the budget </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7455;left:58">by $10,000.  A very welcome exception was the Blessings Fund where parishioners donated $5,416, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7475;left:58">$2,816 more than budgeted. Total 2009 spending was $162,990, $19,357 less than budgeted. Savings were  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7496;left:58">experienced from the several month lapse of the Musician position, lack of major building repair needs, and a </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7517;left:58">combination of small savings in many office and committee areas. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7558;left:58">Building on the successes of 2008 and 2009 and with a good measure of hope and faith, the Finance and In-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7579;left:58">vestment Committee and Vestry have developed a balanced budget for 2010. Although we have examined all </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7600;left:58">expenses carefully and substantially reduced the budget wherever possible, our income must still increase </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7620;left:58">somewhat in 2010. This will be partially offset by a period where we will not have a Rector or Priest-in-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7641;left:58">Charge and will be using supply clergy at a lower cost. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7682;left:58">Of particular concern is a drop in pledges from about $104,000 in 2009 to $96,000 for 2010. We have budg-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7703;left:58">eted $110,000 in pledge income for 2010, so this will be a continuing topic of monitoring and discussion </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7724;left:58">throughout 2010. Some plans for 2010: </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7766;left:58">• </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7765;left:85">Monitor pledge income carefully and keep the parish aware of the status.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7787;left:58">• </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7786;left:85">Continue to remember the highly successful “Blessings Fund.” When good things happen in parishioner’s </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7807;left:85">lives – a grandchild, an anniversary, a windfall – we encourage you to share your happiness. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7828;left:58">• </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7827;left:85">Continue and expand Special Appeals for items beyond normal operating expenses. The first of these will </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7848;left:85">be a February 7, 2010 appeal for our $1,500 annual contribution for theological education. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7869;left:85">Increase fund raising efforts even more. Ideas and help would be greatly appreciated. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7889;left:85">Increase efforts to bring in new members. Ultimately, our financial security is dependent on a strong con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7910;left:85">gregation. This may be the most important long-term challenge of all. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7931;left:85">Keep parishioners up to date with our financial status through the Net Tender and other communications. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7972;left:58">We believe that with faith, determination and parish-wide participation, we can meet these goals, even in a dif-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:7993;left:58">ficult economic environment. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8012;left:58">Jim Vekasi</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8050;left:58"><B>THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 7</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8051;left:813"><B>TH</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8081;left:58">The national church designates the first Sunday in February as Theological Education Sunday, when we are </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8102;left:58">called to acknowledge and support the vital role of Episcopal theological schools and other seminaries. Each </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8123;left:58">year, by requirement of the national church, we are required to set aside one percent of our budget to support </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8143;left:58">them; for the past few years, we have budgeted  $1500.  As in the past few years, the Vestry has decided to </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8164;left:58">divide our donations between the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California (where  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8185;left:58">Richard Tardiff attended) and the Bangor Theological Seminary (where both Vesta Kowalski and Ann Kidder </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8205;left:58">have taught, and Floy Ervin, Michael Shook and possibly others have taken courses.) </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8247;left:58">On Sunday, February 7, we will have information available on these two seminaries, and encourage your con-</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8267;left:58">tribution to a special offering, </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8309;left:58">Please see the following websites to learn about the mission of these two institutions –</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8330;left:58">Church Divinity School of the Pacific —  <A href="http://www.cdsp.edu/" target="_blank"></A><FONT color="#3748a4" face="Times"><A href="http://www.cdsp.edu/" target="_blank">www.cdsp.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8350;left:58">Bangor Theological Seminary — <A href="http://www.bts.edu/" target="_blank"></A><FONT color="#3748a4" face="Times"><A href="http://www.bts.edu/" target="_blank">www.bts.edu</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9613;left:455">8 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8549;left:45">The Net Tender - </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8560;left:281">February 2010 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8594;left:93">St. Andrew &amp; St. John Episcopal Church </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8624;left:45">315 Main Street ● P.O. Box 767 ● Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8639;left:45">Phone: Church Office 207-244-3229; Rectory 207-244-4037  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8655;left:45">E-mail: <B><A href="mailto:saints315@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">saints315@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ <B><A href="mailto:frtardiff@myfairpoint.net" target="_blank">frtardiff@myfairpoint.net</A> </B>/ website: <B><A href="http://www.saintsmdi.org/" target="_blank">www.saintsmdi.org</A></B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8670;left:45"><B>Office Hours: </B>Monday · Tuesday · Thursday, 8:30 a.m.—2:30 p.m.</DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9161;left:139"><B>INSIDE: </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9181;left:68">Annual Meeting </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9181;left:247">4</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9199;left:68">Birthdays</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9199;left:247">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9216;left:68">Come Home for Supper</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9216;left:247">6</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9233;left:68">ERD </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9233;left:247">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9250;left:68">Invisible</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9250;left:247">6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9268;left:68">Lighter Side</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9268;left:247">5 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9285;left:68">New Officers</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9285;left:247">4 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9302;left:68">Reception Set</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9302;left:247">2 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9319;left:68">Rector’s Reflection</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9319;left:248">1 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9337;left:68">Sr. Warden’s Notes</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9337;left:247">2 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9354;left:68">Stewardship</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9354;left:247">3 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9371;left:68">Theological Education </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9371;left:248">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9388;left:68">Treasurer’s Report</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9388;left:247">7 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9406;left:68">Westside Food Pantry</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9406;left:247">3</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9423;left:68">Who Am I?</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9423;left:236">3/6 </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9440;left:68">Worship Schedule/Scripture 5 </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8726;left:45"><B>Rector </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8744;left:45">The Rev. Richard Tardiff </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8765;left:45"><B>Parish Administrator </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8783;left:45">Michele Daley  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8805;left:45"><B>Music Director</B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8823;left:45">Stephen Sampson </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8844;left:45"><B>Editors </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8862;left:45">Nicole Carreno </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:8883;left:45">Mary Vekasi </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9509;left:59">If you no longer wish to receive the</DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9526;left:59">Net Tender or prefer to receive it by  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9543;left:59">e-mail, please call the church office. </DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9170;left:407"><B>MARDI GRAS MADNESS </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9201;left:430"><B>the last fling before Lent </B></DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9240;left:413"><B>Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper </B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9281;left:519"><B>February 16</B></DIV>
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<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9322;left:316">Gather in the nave at 5:30 for fellowship and Samba music by Sambingo. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9343;left:389">Pancakes at 6:00 - Food by the men of the parish and  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9363;left:410">music by Jim Vekasi, Fred Benson and friends. </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9391;left:321">Make reservations on the sign-up sheet in the undercroft or call Michele  </DIV>
<DIV style="position:absolute;top:9412;left:355">at the church office 244-3229 by noon Monday February 15th. </DIV>
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